A/N: So been working on this for quite a while and still evolving ideas for this story so I hope you guys like it and if you don't well that's okay, I'll keep posting new chapters anyways for those of you who do like. Anyways, first LoK fanfic so please let me know what you guys think.
Prologue
It wasn't supposed to end like that. It was just suppose to be a routine patrol along the base. Korra and Asami had done it countless of times that it had almost become second nature to them.
"So, I see how Tahno still hasn't managed to catch the Avatar's heart." Asami jokingly teased as they rounded the corner of the barracks.
Korra scrunches up her face in disgust. "Ugh, that cocky waterbender?"
Asami laughs. "Yup, the very one. You know the guy you sent fifty feet into the air?"
Korra grins. "Hey, he did say he wanted to go airborne."
"I don't think that's exactly how he imagined it."
"He's just another one of those infantry morons who thinks they're better than everyone, especially against us girls."
"I think us girls can take care of ourselves."
"Amen to that!" Korra says, pumping her fist in the air, causing another fit of laughter from Asami.
As the two walk the supply road to head back to the base, both soldiers spot two humveys heading their way, shrouded by a cloud of dust, blocking the view that is the chaos in the base.
Korra and Asami look to each other, knowing something wasn't right since there haven't been any shipments all day, therefore, there shouldn't be anyone leaving.
As the vehicles get closer, Asami flags them down, both Korra and her keeping their weapons raised, not wanting to take any chances.
Once the vehicles came to a squeaky halt, Korra and Asami take up both flanks and as the dust clears, it reveals four men in uniform they do not recognize at all.
Asami, who keeps her distance from the driver side, asks, "Identify yourselves and state your purpose."
The driver does not answer, but merely looks from Asami to Korra and then to his men.
Asami, now training her weapon directly at the driver says more forcefully, "Identify yourselves and state your purpose. NOW!"
Once again, more silence.
Korra, running out of patience intervenes, "Alright, get out of the damn car now, you sons of b-"
Korra is cut off as Asami and her notice the driver reaching for his pocket as he says, "You will soon know about us, Avatar Korra." And pulls out a detonator.
"BOMB!" You hear Asami yell before everything erupts into an explosion of hell.
Instinctly, Korra bends the earth and pulls up a wall to act as a barrier, but the force of the explosion is too great for the earth to handle and Korra is thrown backwards, rolling and fumbling through the sand, able to feel every blow.
After what felt like an eternity, Korra finally comes to a halt, lying on her back and in the most intense pain she has ever felt. Shrapnel and debris rain down as Korra tries to fight off the agony because she has to get to her friend and see if she is okay.
As Korra tries to get up, she is met with an unbearable ache in her right leg that almost knocks her unconscious. Knowing that if she looks down she would surely blackout, she tries to ignore the crippling pain and the ringing in her ears that threaten her state of mind.
Walking like the dead, Korra notices the blackened bodies, simmering in the flames that consume the vehicles. Almost losing consciousness, Korra falls to the ground, blood, sweat, and dirt caking her entire body.
That's when Korra hears a very slight cry. A cry for help from her battle and she swears it sounds so close. Unable to get up, Korra puts her training into action and high crawls through the debris, using every ounce of strength to get her closer to the cry for help.
Korra comes to halt in front of a pile of debris, completely out of breath, when she spots a pair of boots sticking out from the rubble. With the last remaining strength she has left, Korra pushes herself onto her knees and lifts the debris off of Asami. What she sees next would haunt her for the rest of her life.
Asami, being a nonbender, didn't have the chance to form a barrier to protect herself. A giant piece of metal protruded from her abdomen as she lay on her back, looking at Korra with a weak smile, trying to mask her pain and fear.
"A-Asami? Y-You're going to be okay… just hang in there." Korra says, trying not to break down in front of her as she goes by her side, frantically trying to stop the bleeding.
"You… and I both… know… I'm not gonna… make it." Asami struggles to say through the blood coming from her mouth.
"No! No… Asami… stay with me okay?" Korra says, tears coming down uncontrollably as she reaches for her radio. "Dust off… dust off… This is Delta 551 requesting a medivac, over."
Nothing comes through.
"Dust off… dust off… I repeat this is Delta 551 requesting a medivac, OVER!"
Nothing but static can be heard. Korra attempts a third try but is stopped as Asami's trembling hand holds onto hers.
"I'm glad… to have served… with my…best…friend…" Asami shudders as her head rolls to the side, releasing her final breath of life.
"Asami?" Korra cries, her lower lip trembling as she says, "Open your eyes Asami!" Now sobbing, Korra shakes her best friend, "Open your eyes! Asami?"
The approaching sounds of incoming fire fades away as Korra's pain and grief turns into pure rage and the lives of a thousand Avatar's rushes through her as she releases herself and lets her past lives take over.
